This is a matter of taste, I think. Those who value accuracy, get a kick out of hearing the heterogeneity in recordings and perhaps have less of a problem ignoring bad sound quality in their favourite music. More left brain types.
Those who value subjectively good sound, get a kick out of hearing instruments and voices as they sound to them in real life. Valve amps have a curious effect on me in this regard, although I know they are technically inferior they can certainly make an indifferent recording sound a lot more reminiscent of the real thing. More right brain types. I've tried some recording at home lately, this confirmed that creating a recording that is accurate to what it going into the mic (I have access to a good mic) and yet still sounding like what you hear right there as a human isn't really straightforward. In the end, this is why valve mic preamps are used etc...they warm up things and get it a little nearer to what the ears hear. Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98057 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
